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TI-2025-29392 Aliases CVE-2025-46721GHSA-w9hf-35q4-vcjw

nosurf vulnerable to CSRF due to non-functional same-origin request checks

Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

nosurf is cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection middleware for Go. A vulnerability in versions prior to 1.2.0 allows an attacker who controls content on the target site, or on a subdomain of the target site (either via XSS, or otherwise) to bypass CSRF checks and issue requests on user's behalf. Due to misuse of the Go `net/http` library, nosurf categorizes all incoming requests as plain-text HTTP requests, in which case the `Referer` header is not checked to have the same origin as the target webpage. If the attacker has control over HTML contents on either the target website (e.g. `example.com`), or on a website hosted on a subdomain of the target (e.g. `attacker.example.com`), they will also be able to manipulate cookies set for the target website. By acquiring the secret CSRF token from the cookie, or overriding the cookie with a new token known to the attacker, `attacker.example.com` is able to craft cross-site requests to `example.com`. A patch for the issue was released in nosurf 1.2.0. In lieu of upgrading to a patched version of nosurf, users may additionally use another HTTP middleware to ensure that a non-safe HTTP request is coming from the same origin (e.g. by requiring a `Sec-Fetch-Site: same-origin` header in the request).

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00244 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed nosurf (justinas): 1.2.0github.com/justinas/nosurf (Go): 1.2.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
justinasnosurfbefore 1.2.01.2.0Patch availableCNA
—github.com/justinas/nosurf (Go)before 1.2.01.2.0Patch availableGHSA-w9hf-35q4-vcjw
  • nosurf Vendorjustinas Affected before 1.2.0 Fixed in 1.2.0 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/justinas/nosurf (Go) Vendor— Affected before 1.2.0 Fixed in 1.2.0 Patch available GHSA-w9hf-35q4-vcjw

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nosurf_project:nosurf:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*before 1.2.0VulnerableNosurf Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:nosurf_project:nosurf:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* Versions before 1.2.0 Vulnerable ·Nosurf Project

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA nosurf (justinas) Fixed in 1.2.0
  • Fix · GHSA-w9hf-35q4-vcjw github.com/justinas/nosurf (Go) Fixed in 1.2.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-46721
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w9hf-35q4-vcjw

References

  • TI-2020-18792 Improper input validation in github.com/justinas/nosurf CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

Sources